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5 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 5 MASTED SCHOONER USE :SCHOONER 1 Maritime Craft Thesaurus (Scotland) - 1/28/18 Generated by SKOS Play!, sparna.fr A IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ADMIRALTY TRAWLER AUXILIARY BARQUE USE :TRAWLER BT : BARQUE TT : MARITIME CRAFT ★ Variant of the Barque having auxiliary steam or diesel AIRCRAFT CARRIER propulsion for use in light airs or contrary winds. BT : WARSHIP TT : MARITIME CRAFT ★ A warship specialised for the carriage of aircraft, AUXILIARY BRIG and characterised by a flat upper deck for launch and BT : BRIG landing while under way. Ships of this vary considerably TT : MARITIME CRAFT in role, equipment and size, being usually designed for the ★ Variant of the Brig having auxiliary steam or diesel operation of a narrow range of aircraft. Seaplane Carriers, propulsion for use in light airs or contrary winds. which craned aircraft outboard to launch and recover from the sea, may be placed within this category, but not those modern warships and auxiliaries which carry a helicopter AUXILIARY FISHING VESSEL as part of a more generalised equipment fit. BT : FISHING VESSEL TT : MARITIME CRAFT AIR SEA RESCUE BUOY ★ A fishing vessel having auxiliary steam or diesel BT : RESCUE VESSEL propulsion for use in harbour areas, light airs or contrary TT : MARITIME CRAFT winds. ★ An unpowered and unmanned vessel containing basic survival and communications facilities, and intended to be AUXILIARY KETCH moored in a known position to provide a refuge for aircrew BT : KETCH in distress after they ditched alongside it. TT : MARITIME CRAFT ★ A ketch having auxiliary steam or deisel propulsion for AIR SEA RESCUE CRAFT use in harbour areas, light airs or contrary winds. BT : MARITIME CRAFT TT : MARITIME CRAFT AUXILIARY LUGGER ★ A small but seaworthy vessel designed for the rescue BT : LUGGER of downed aircrew, often under wartime conditions. Such TT : MARITIME CRAFT vessels were typically manned by uniformed (Royal Air ★ Force) personnel, and varied considerably in size and A lugger having auxiliary steam or deisel propulsion for form. The smaller types were high-speed planing craft, and use in harbour areas, light airs or contrary winds. normally termed Rescue Launches; the larger types were slower and had secondary functions as range control and target towing vessels. AUXILIARY SCHOONER BT : SCHOONER TT : MARITIME CRAFT ARMED BOARDING VESSEL ★ A schooner having auxiliary steam or diesel propulsion BT : MARITIME CRAFT for use in harbour areas, light airs or contrary winds. TT : MARITIME CRAFT ★ A requisitioned, adapted and (generally) armed merchant vessel used to enforce a naval blockade by boarding suspect AUXILIARY SLOOP vessels and inspecting them for contraband. In practice, this BT : SLOOP category covers a wide variety of vessel, and merges into TT : MARITIME CRAFT the various categories of requisitioned craft that are noted ★ A decked sailing vessel, having fore-and-aft sails as such. (including a single headsail and often a gaff main) on a single mast. Several variants have been recognised within this generalised type of vessel, which was used for a variety ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER of purposes. In naval service, the term was commonly BT : NAVAL SUPPORT VESSEL applied to a vessel deemed too small to be given a formal TT : MARITIME CRAFT rating; these vessels carried between 18 and 36 guns, and ★ A requisitioned merchant vessel (generally of were rigged as Ships or Brigs, being termed Ship-sloops or considerable speed and size) given an extempore armament Brig-sloops respectively. fit to allow her limited use in convoy protection or to enforce a naval blockade, pending the construction of adequate specialised warships. AUXILIARY SMACK BT : SMACK TT : MARITIME CRAFT ARMED SCHOONER ★ A smack having auxiliary steam or diesel propulsion for BT : WARSHIP use in harbour areas, light airs or contrary winds. TT : MARITIME CRAFT ★ A schooner-rigged vessel armed (typically with about eight guns) as a light warship in commissioned service. AUXILIARY TRAWLER USE :TRAWLER 2 Maritime Craft Thesaurus (Scotland) - 1/28/18 Generated by SKOS Play!, sparna.fr A IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII AUXILIARY YAWL BT : YAWL TT : MARITIME CRAFT ★ A Yawl having auxiliary steam or diesel propulsion for use in harbour areas, light airs or contrary winds. 3 Maritime Craft Thesaurus (Scotland) - 1/28/18 Generated by SKOS Play!, sparna.fr B IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII BARGE BILLYBOY BT : CARGO VESSEL BT : BARGE TT : MARITIME CRAFT SAILING VESSEL (BY FORM/TYPE) NT : BILLYBOY TT : MARITIME CRAFT CONCRETE BARGE ★ Single masted east coast trading vessel, ketch rigged or DUMB BARGE single masted. DUMB CONCRETE BARGE DUMB HOPPER BARGE HOPPER BARGE BIRLINN MOTOR BARGE TANK BARGE BT : SAILING VESSEL (BY FORM/TYPE) CRANE BARGE TT : MARITIME CRAFT ★ ★ Shallow draft cargo vessel, often broad beamed and flat An imprecise term, loosely used to vessels built by bottomed, powered by engine and or sail. clinker or ©clenched lap© construction but having a transom stern. Essentially a late development of the Norse or Viking tradition. BARK USE :BARQUE BOAT BT : MARITIME CRAFT BARKENTEEN SAILING VESSEL (BY FORM/TYPE) TT : MARITIME CRAFT USE :BARQUENTINE ★ A vague term loosely applied to a vessel of any type, form or construction considered too small to be a ship.Such BARQUE vessels vary considerably in construction and form, and UF : BARK are used for a variety of purposes. The term is generally BT : SQUARE RIGGED VESSEL applied to undecked vessels, and has connotations of TT : MARITIME CRAFT unseaworthiness, unsuitability for independent operation, NT : AUXILIARY BARQUE portability and/or unsophisticated construction. ★ A large decked sailing vessel having three or more masts, with square sails on all but the mizzen, which was fore-and- aft rigged. Vessels of this type and of steel construction were BOOM DEFENCE VESSEL the norm in ocean trading in the latter days of sail. Most BT : NAVAL SUPPORT VESSEL of the Cape Horners, windjammers and clipper ships fall TT : MARITIME CRAFT within this category. ★ A specialised form of yard or service craft typically operated as a naval auxiliary for the laying of maintenance of moorings and boom defences, and for light general BARQUENTINE salvage. The type is characterised by the fitting of prominent UF : BARKENTEEN projecting lifting-horns at the bow. BT : SAILING VESSEL (BY RIG) TT : MARITIME CRAFT ★ A medium-sized decked sailing vessel (normally of timber BRIG construction) having three masts, with square sails on the BT : SQUARE RIGGED VESSEL foremast, while the main and mizzen masts were fore-and- TT : MARITIME CRAFT aft rigged. NT : AUXILIARY BRIG HERMAPHRODITE BRIG ★ Medium-sized decked sailing vessel having two masts, BATTLECRUISER with square sails on both and normally of timber BT : WARSHIP construction. Vessels of this type were significant in the 18th TT : MARITIME CRAFT century for the carriage of coal (collier brigs); several cadet ★ A specialised armoured large warship built around steam or school ships have this rig. propulsion and heavy guns, optimised for firepower and speed rather than protection. Successor to the Ship of the Line or Line-of-battle Ship of the classic sailing navy: not BRIGANTINE to be confused with the Battleship BT : SAILING VESSEL (BY RIG) TT : MARITIME CRAFT ★ Medium-sized decked sailing vessel (normally of timber BATTLESHIP construction) having two masts, with square sails on the BT : WARSHIP foremast and fore-and-aft sails on the mainmast. TT : MARITIME CRAFT ★ A specialised armoured large warship built around steam propulsion and heavy guns, optimised for firepower and BUCKET DREDGER protection rather than speed. Successor to the Ship of the BT : DREDGER Line or Line-of-battle Ship of the classic sailing navy: not TT : MARITIME CRAFT to be confused with the Battlecruiser ★ This refers to a variant of the Dredger intended to excavate sediment by the use of an endless chain of buckets. Such vessels are generally of considerable size. 4 Maritime Craft Thesaurus (Scotland) - 1/28/18 Generated by SKOS Play!, sparna.fr B IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII BUOY TENDER BT : SERVICE VESSEL TT : MARITIME CRAFT ★ a service craft (typically of small to medium size) intended to lay, lift and resupply navigation buoys. They usually have a well deck and heavy derrick or crane forward for handling heavy equipment; most have a helicopter deck aft. BUSS BT : FISHING VESSEL TT : MARITIME CRAFT ★ A fishing vessel of Dutch origin, commonly used (notably in the North Sea and around Northern Scotland) in the 17th and 18th centuries. Characteristically broad in the beam, and having two or three masts, each carrying a separate square sail. 5 Maritime Craft Thesaurus (Scotland) - 1/28/18 Generated by SKOS Play!, sparna.fr C IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII CARGO VESSEL CORVETTE BT : TRANSPORT VESSEL BT : WARSHIP TT : MARITIME CRAFT TT : MARITIME CRAFT NT : BARGE ★ A small general-purpose warship built around diesel, COLLIER steam or gas turbine propulsion and carrying a range LIBERTY SHIP of weaponry, typically optimised for anti-submarine PASSENGER VESSEL TANKER operations. Vessels of this type are now distinguished